North and Central girls should be 1-2 seeds

The two Skyland Conference Delaware Division powers were to have
played on t his past Monday night (Feb. 12) after the Review's
sports deadline. A win by North would just about clinch the league
division title, but a win by the Devils would like throw the league
into a three-way tie with Hillsborough High School. North
solidified the probable number one seed on Friday night with a
47-31 win over Warren Hills High School on the road in Washington
Township to improve to a league best 14-2.

Hunterdon Central High School flipped Franklin on Friday night
in a Skyland Delaware Division game, 53-29, but dropped in
independent game on Saturday afternoon in the Central field house
to Piscataway High School, 50-44. The Devils are 14- 5
overall.

On Friday night the Lions struggled a bit in the first half, as
they have over the last couple of weeks, but came out with a strong
20-9 third quarter surge to put away the Blue Streaks of Warren
Hills.

Junior Megan Senske scored nine of her team-high 11 points in
that big third quarter as the Lady Lions coasted.

"For us Warren Hills is a tough place to play, always has been,
so the win was a good one for us," said coach Hank of the Lions.
"We usually have one good and one bad half, and this game was no
different. Thankfully we had a good second half, and a great third
quarter. We really took command of the game and never looked
back.

"We didn't shoot at all well in the first half (which they led
by just 19-12), but we started to find the basket better in the
third period," Hank added. "Our shots didn't fall for a while, and
then we found the range."

Senske led the surge with a put-back, and then a drive down the
baseline in a 14 -4 run, and senior guard Gwen Doyle came down off
a steal and buried a long three-pointer to make it 37-17 with 1:45
left in the period. Doyle finished with 11 points as well, and has
hit at least one three-pointer in every game. She has 45 for the
season and 144 for her career. She holds both the career record,
which she adds to each game, and the single season mark of 62 set
as a sophomore.

"Gwen struggled a little, but that three-pointer was huge and
really put the game just about on ice," said Hank. "It really
lifted us, and we finished well."

Senior center Angela DiFazio scored six of her seven points in
the 10-point first period, while senior guard Carrie Frazier hit on
six of her eight in the second quarter.

"Now we have some very big games this week, and then the
Hunterdon-Warren Tourney," Hank added. "We have to play well, keep
focused and put a nice finishing touch to the regular season. The
Hunterdon-Warren is going to be a very tough tournament, with any
one of four or five teams with the ability and talent to win it. We
have to play well and continue to work hard."

Devils Split

Central rolled over Franklin on Friday night as coach Panella
emptied his bench early in a 53-29 win, as the Furstenburg sisters,
sophomore Jill and frosh Allison combined for 17 points on the
night. Jill had nine and Allison eight.

Frosh Lauren Thul also had her career high with eight points, as
did Adrian Pastiglione with seven.

"Thul played well, and is going to see a little more playing
time," said coach Panella. "But, she has been hampered by nagging
injuries, and every time we wanted to give her time, she was hurt.
Now, she is getting back and is 100 percent. And, this was her best
game of the year."

The loss to Piscataway on Saturday Panella said was his fault,
as the Lady Chiefs (14-5) nipped the Devils, 50-44.

"We had a 12-point lead with four and a half minutes to play in
the third period, and I changed some things that we didn't do
well," the coach said. "I put us in a 1-3-1 defense, and it changed
the tempo of the game, and not in our favor. Maybe in hindsight, I
should have let well enough alone. They made a run at us and we
never recovered. We played well up until then, and we should have
been able to recover, but we didn't and we let a win slip
away."

Central had taken a 27-22 halftime lead, and extended it to
35-23 with 4:30 left, and Piscataway finished as Carey Noakes
scored 10 of her game-high 20 for the Chiefs in the final period to
pull out the win. Noakes also added nine rebounds, and five
steals.

Central senior point-guard Becky Goetz had a career high 11
points on her best shooting night of the season, and chipped in
with five assists. Jill Furstenburg scored 10 and had six rebounds,
while Ashley Rossi threw in a trio of three-pointers for nine
points.

"Becky Goetz is the toughest kid I have ever coached, and she
shot the ball very well in this one," Panella said. "It was a game
we should have won, but we just didn't finish well, and I take the
blame."

The game with North on Monday night was rescheduled from a
snowed-out earlier meeting, and is key for the Devils to get a
piece of the Delaware Division pie.

Lady Vikes Get Back

Friday night the Lady Vikes of Voorhees High School (10-7) broke
a three-game losing streak to down Montgomery on the road, 47-42,
as senior forward Gabe Quadrini and junior guard Karin Greulich
combined for 27 points.

Voorhees jumped to a 24-16 lead when junior guard Debbie
Farrelly pumped in all of her eight points in the first
half.

Mongtomery battled back to cut the lead to two, 35-33, but
Quadrini hit a drive and Gruelich buried a three-pointer from the
top of the key to never lose the lead.

"It was really nice to get back on the win track," said coach
Chris Sabosik of the Lady Vikes. "We have hit hot teams that have
shot well against us, and we haven't played well in three losses.
We played a lot better against Montgomery, and Quadrini had a solid
inside game and Gruelich and Farrelly good outside games. We shot a
lot better in this one, and that's what we have to continue to do.
It is nice to finally get a win."

The night before the Lady Vikes lost at home to Delaware Valley
(11-5) for the second time in two weeks, 43-30.

Tara Kemple and Brianne DeVries combined to scored 10 of the 17
DelVal second period points as they Terriers took a 25-14 lead.
Kemple finished with 13 and DeVries nine.

The DelVal girls also dominated the boards with both DeVries and
Laura Smith with 10 rebounds each.

Ashley Lewis led Voorhees with eight points, including a pair of
three-pointers.

The Vikes are 7-5 in Skyland Raritan Division play.

FREE THROWS

The Hunterdon-Warren Tourney seeds will likely have North
Hunterdon at one, Central at two, DelVal at three, South Hunterdon
at four and Voorhees at five…the games start on Monday night, Feb.
19, the semifinals will be played on Wednesday night (Feb.21) with
the finals at DelVal on Friday night (Feb. 23) at 7 p.m.

For the first time in the Tourney history, the boys and girls
games will be played at different sites on different days, with the
boys playing on Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday afternoon with the
finals at 1 p.m. at Voorhees.

North Hunterdon got the top seed in the State Central Jersey
Group 3 Sectional Tournament for post-season play and will host
Ewing, on Thursday, March 1, in a first-round game.

Central got a sixth seed in CJ4 and will host 11th seed East
Brunswick on Monday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m., while the Lady Vikes of
Voorhees were seeded number 11 and will be at Hopewell Valley
(seeded sixth) on Monday night, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.

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